Wild Ride with Captain Robert Stobo
We have an update on his whereabouts. He and Van Braam were given up as prisoner at Fort Necessity in 3 July 1754. He remained in...
Washington orders Busts
On 20 Sept 1759 George Washington orders head statues. It is interesting that one of them is Julius Ceasar. Twenty some years later the...
Pipe Tomahawk hacks Atkin's head and he lives!
Wouldn't that be an awesome artifact from 28 Sept 1759? A Creek Indian came up behind Atkin and hit him with a pipe tomahawk on that...
Aug & Sept 1759 before Lyttleton Expedition of Oct 1759
There used to be a style of crime movies in the 1970s where different scenes of activity were shown simultaneously on the screen. So too...
Robert Stewart's Report on "camp at Pittsburg" Sept 1759
Robert Stewart writes to George Washington on 28 Sept 1759. Despite George Washington's retirement at the end of 1758 from military...
Robert Stewart's report on the Indians Sept 1759
Here is Robert Stewarts's report of 28 Sept 1759 on the Indians to retired Colonel George Washington, Burgess, representing Frederick Co...
Robert Stewart's Report about his rank in Sept 1759
George Washington's Virginia Regiment had many leaders who strived for a better station in life. Like Marlon Brando said in The...
George Mercer's Report on "Pittsburg" Sept 1759
After Fort Duquesne fell 25 Nov 1758, General Forbes did not immediately name it Fort Pitt. There was no officially named Fort Pitt or a...
George Mercer's Report on Thomas Bullitt Sept 1759
George Mercer writes a letter on 16 Sept 1759 to a retired Colonel George Washington. It contains a lot of details. The focus here is on...
The Song: Why Soldiers Why?
A song that asks a question? Why Soldiers Why?. Maybe James Wolfe sang this the night before he died on the Plains of Abraham in the...
